A lot of activity has been seen in the trading window before the player auction for the IPL 2027 season. This trade window will close a week before the mini auction to be held in Goa on 16th December. And before that, the last date of retention is 17th November. In such a situation, many teams have taken advantage of the trading window to finalize their retention and make major changes before entering the auction. Let us give you complete information about which players have been traded by which team so far.
Started with Rishabh Pant
This time the trading window first started with Rishabh Pant, who was bought by Lucknow Super Giants with a record bid of Rs 27 crore. But he was released from the team after only 2 seasons. As soon as the IPL 2026 season ended, Lucknow traded Pant to Delhi. In exchange for Pant, Delhi handed over star spinner Kuldeep Yadav to Lucknow. Pant's salary has come down to Rs 15 crore, while Kuldeep's salary remains at Rs 13.25 crore.
Sunrisers changed many players
After this, Delhi returned left-arm pacer T. Natarajan to his old team Sunrisers Hyderabad. Natarajan was bought by Delhi for Rs 10.75 crore but he returned to Hyderabad for only Rs 5 crore. In return, Hyderabad traded spinner Zeeshan Ansari to Delhi, whose price remained at Rs 40 lakh.
Then there was an exchange of 4 players simultaneously, in which Sunrisers were once again involved. This Hyderabad team traded two of its players, Liam Livingston and Jack Edwards, with Chennai Super Kings. Livingston's price dropped from Rs 13 crore to Rs 6 crore, while Edwards remains at Rs 3 crore. In return, Chennai sent Khalil Ahmed and Nathan Ellis to Hyderabad. There was no change in the prices of Khalil (4.8 crores) and Ellis (2 crores).
Hardik-Arshdeep's blockbuster deal
The latest deal of the trading window was between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings, which was most eagerly awaited. There was an exchange of 2 star players from both the teams. After all the ups and downs and controversies, finally Hardik Pandya again separated from Mumbai and Punjab took him. In return, Punjab sent its superstar bowler Arshdeep Singh to play in Mumbai. Hardik's fee increased from Rs 16.35 crore to Rs 18 crore, while Arshdeep became a part of Mumbai with Rs 18 crore.